Sep 26, 2026
A 36-year-old man was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of two people he knew in the Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said.Wendy Baptisme was arrested Thursday at 10:48 p.m. in the 800 block of North Parkside Avenue after he was identified as the person who shot a 47-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man inside a home on the same block, police said.Officers said two guns were found at the scene. Both victims, who have yet to be identified, were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.Baptisme is scheduled to appear Sunday for a detention hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, police said. ...read more read less
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